Gender Essay | Essay

This student essay consists of approximately 9 pages of analysis of The Perceived Sex of a Baby Affects How We Rate Its Emotional Responses.

Gender Essay | Essay

This student essay consists of approximately 9 pages of analysis of The Perceived Sex of a Baby Affects How We Rate Its Emotional Responses.
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The Perceived Sex of a Baby Affects How We Rate Its Emotional Responses

Summary: A study was performed to investigate how the perceived sex of a baby affects how participants rate its emotional responses. A video of a baby, dressed in gender neutral clothing, and was seen reacting to 4 sets of stimuli, and participants were asked to rate its responses of fear, anger, and pleasure on a scale of 1-10. All the participants viewed the same video, but half the participants believed the baby was male, and half the participants believed the baby was female. When looking at the mean results recorded by the participants, it was obvious that the participants had rated the baby boy as more responsive in all areas than the female. The baby boy was seen to show more fear, pleasure and anger than the baby girl.
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Gender is perhaps the most obvious physical attribute of a person. It is very hard in this day and age to ignore the gender of a person when judging, talking to, and associating yourself with a person. If it were possible to talk to and interact with a person, and not stereotyping their responses as being typically male or female, it would affect the world we live in today. No specific gender would be better suited to a specific job, men wouldn't all be perceived as strong, courageous, and brave, and women would not be seen as gentle, a home maker and other such feminine attributes. However, it is nearly impossible to observe someone, or talk to someone and not be aware of their gender. Some people argue that this judgment of gender, and stereotyping, is sub-conscious. It has become so natural to perceive females to possess...

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